Price tag holder



H. A. BANKS Sept. 1, 193%;1.

' Filed'March 8, 1955 Patented Sept. 1, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 8,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to price tag holders and the primary oloject thereof is toprovide a holder of this type which can be made of a single p-ieceof metal, and. which is of simple, economical comstruction and efficient in operation.

A further object of this invention is to provicle a holder of this type, which involves a novel form of jaw construction vvhereby same is effectively bracecl so as to resiso accidental displacement, and to also more firmly secure the holder 011 a shelf or the like.

The invention has further and other objects which Will later be sei: forth and. manifested. in the course of the following description.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a, perspective view of one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 showving same applied to a shelf;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of another form of the invention am].

Fig. 4 is a view simliar 130 Fig. 2 showing the holder of Fig. 3 appliecl to a shelf in depending relation thereto.

In proceeding in accordance With the pre-sent invention the holder is preferably stamped or formed out of a single sheet 0f metal o1 may be constructed of other suitable material, a.nd includes a heacl I having a shank 2 extending out- Wardly from a side of ehe head. and which as shown in Fig. 1 is located als the center of the head. The top side of the head. is fianged inwarolly ab 3 anal the bottom side of the head on the opposlte sicles o-f the shank 2 is likewise fiangecl at 4, l so that these flanged parts form guicles in which a price tag 01 the llke may be easily insertecl and removed. Further as shown in Fig. 1 the lower end of the shank is bent inwardly ab 5 to form a shelf engaging jaw depicted in use in Fig. 2. One of the side edges cf the shank 2 is provided Wi1;h an integral extension o1 web 6 preferably of triangular form, that ls to say lt tapers dowmvarclly and rearwardly from ehe top portion of the shank and. is disposed at right angles 01 the plane of th-e shank. The lower edge of the extension 6 is extendecl inwardly at right angles tol form a shelf engaging jaw I, the latter overlying ancl being spaced from the jaw 5 but preferably in registry therewith. Referring 1:o Fig. 2 it will be noted 1935, Serial N0. 10,082

that the inner end. 8 o-f the jaw I abuts the rear face of the shank 2 and is braced thereby. Consequently it Will be seen that any pressure exertecl rearwardly of the shank will be assumed. by the extension: 6 which forma a brace for the jaw I. 5

In Fig. 3 of the drawing the construction of the parts is identioal to that described in Figs.

1 ancl 2, withthe exception that the shank III is located; at one side 0 1 the head.= II and. the latter has a pair of similar inturned flanges I2 130 form 10 guides to receive a price tag 01' card er the like. In. this form of the invention, the jaw I3 is likewise formed by inturning the free end of the shank III and the brace I4, which has the other jaw I5 secured thereto, is identical to the cor- 15 responcling parts 6 and. I in Flgs. 1 and. 2. Likewise the end I6 of the jaw I5 abuts the shank I0 w be braced. thereby.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that, and. as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, either form of the 20 invention may be secured in upstanding relation to a shelf S as shown in Fig. 2, er in depending relation to the ehelf as shown in Fig, 4. II; is is further to be noted that the jaws 5 anal I3 are readily bendable so as to enable the holder to 25 be used with shelves within a reasonable range of thickness.

What is claimed ist l. A price tag holder including a shank having means to retain a price tag a1; one end por- 30 tion thereof, a.nd having its opposite encl disposed. ab an angle 120 form a shelf-gripping jaw, one of the side edges of the shank havlng an integral extension which extends: in the direction of the jaw and. having a lower portion which is dis- 35 posed at. right angles to the extension form a jaw which is substantially in register Wlth and spacecl from the first javv.

2. A price tag holder including a shank having means 150 retain a price tag and having a 40 free end disposed. at an angle form a shelfgripping jaw, me of the sicle edges of the shank having an integral triangular extension which is disposed in the direction of said jaw, ehe base of the triangle of the extenslon being in turn 45 formed with an integral substanolally right angular extension form a shelf-gripping jaw which cooperates With the firsl; named. jaw and. which has a free inner encl that confronts the shank.

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